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Among the many, many lessons this challenge is teaching me so well: The idea file or writer’s notebook is an awfully good friend. I had to end this shorty badly, though, for lack of time to find the right ending.

Working Title: Validation1st Sentence: When they dressed up like Robin Hood and Maid Marion, people thought he was an elf and she was a princess, but how does that make sense?Favorite Sentence: When they were Dorothy and Toto, everyone got her right, there was no mistaking the ruby slippers, but they thought he was a werewolf.Word Length: 307

Photo by RadioFan at en.wikipedia (10/2009) of the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939) on display at the American History Museum.

Claire Guyton

can't thank the Maine Arts Commission enough for granting her their 2012 literary fellowship, which she used to launch Daily Shorty. Claire writes, edits, coaches other writers, and blogs in Lewiston, where she stays sane by working on her scraggly yard, running 5Ks as slowly as possible, perfecting cracker recipes, and playing badminton. She spends the remainder of her free time with her sweet husband and perfect cats. You can contact Claire at dailyshorty@gmail.com.